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Hurricane Sandy: Our real-time coverage

The Daily News staff reports live on Hurricane Sandy's approach, impact and aftermath in words, photos, videos, tweets and more.

A father carries his son through the remains of their burned out home onFulton Walk in Breezy Point, following the effects of Hurricane Sandy,November 5, 2012. (Bryan Smith/for New York Daily News)

by Bryan Smith on Nov 5, 2012 at 11:44 AM via email

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Hurricane Sandy killed at least 106 people in the U.S. and 41 in New York City. At its peak, 8.5 million people had no power. down from a peak of 8.5 million. Continue to check these links for updates: - YOUR storm photos: Upload them: here.-Check NYC.gov for: Food, water & blanket distribution, warming centers for day & night

Flood water has reached the steps of the High Line in 23rd Street, Chelsea. It may soon be lapping at the doors of The Half King pub, part-owned by Sebastian Junger. He, of course, wrote Perfect Storm.

by Ted Young

We have just been warned NOT to go downstairs. The lobby to 4 New York Plaza is now flooded and the water is over eight inches high. Outside the water level is at least three feet deep.

by Ted Young

Not the nicest audio, but a short video I shot outside the VA Medical Center on E. 23rd St. in Manhattan a short time ago. The hospital windows are dark, and the street is flooded...

by Celeste Katz

Situation worsening in the East Village -- water surging in from the East River #Sandybit.ly/RsFgfs

The sky is lighting up with bright turquoise lights in Bushwick as the wind picks up speed. We have received the obligatory warning call from the electric company, but everyone around us still has power.

by Lindsay Meeksvia mobile

If conditions are not safe on Wednesday for Trick or Treating, I will sign an Executive Order rescheduling #Halloween.

There's no power in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Transformer boxes are popping. The sky is lit up.

by "Price, William" via email

High tide in the Narrows: Belt Parkway flooded in both directions as water crashes ashore; FDNY has already had to rescue pedestrians at other points along the Parkway. (Marc A. Hermann/for New York Daily News)

Gov. Cuomo: Due to high winds, the speed limit for the western section of the New York State Thruway (I-90) and all of the Niagara Thruway (I-190) is reduced to 45 miles per hour. The reduced speed limit applies to all of I-190 and the portion of I-90 between Exit 57, (Hamburg-NY Route 75) and the Pennsylvania state line.

by Celeste Katz

The Weather Channel's Stu Ostro is reporting major flooding in the East Village. Several photos posted to Twitter show what appears to be several feet of water in the area of Avenue C and 14th St. See a user photo posted by Ostro here ... please send reports to add details on conditions in the East Village.

by Lauren Johnston

@nydailynews Flooding at the base of the Pulaski Bridge in Greenpoint #Sandy t.co

I'm in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn just a few blocks up from the water (Shore Rd.). No flooding or trees down on my block, just heavy wind and rain. Even scaffolding in front of our building has held up pretty well -- for now. We're either extremely lucky or someone knew what they were doing when they built this place. Stay dry, folks!

Flooding in the lobby at Daily News in lower Manhattan has now reached three feet. And it's six feet deep outside.

by Ted Young

Victoria Cavaliere reports from Brooklyn:In Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn lights are flickering, cable and Internet are out and the wind is so fierce it sounds like a landing plane. Downed branches litter completely empty streets and street signs are swaying. Text messages are lifelines of information at this point and residents are anticipating power outages.

by "Cavaliere, Victoria" via email

Red Hook is under water, Simone Weichselbaum reports.

"A gushing river is flowing down the streets surrounding Red Hook Houses,said NYCHA resident Jose Andujar, 50, who lives on the third-floor of aBush Street Building.

"Cars are making U-turns. They can't make it down the streets."

"If you go four or five blocks away, the water is knee-deep. And thesewers are overflowing."

Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, around 8:00 p.m. EDT with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph according to Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft data.

by Lauren Johnston

Few computers that still had power just went black in the Daily News newsroom.

A building at 92 8th Ave. lost its facade as Hurricane Sandy approached landfall on the East Coast on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 in New York, N.Y. No residents were trapped after the collapse. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)